UFC 224 midweek odds: Nunes heavily favored over Pennington

Here are the betting odds for Saturday’s UFC 224 card, where Amanda Nunes is favored to retain her bantamweight belt against Raquel Pennington in the main event.

UFC 224 goes down this Saturday from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Bloody Elbow is back to bring you the betting odds. The top of the billing will see the promotion’s women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes (-900) clocking in as the card-high betting favorite as she looks to defend her title against hefty underdog Raquel Pennington (+600). Top-5 middleweights will be featured in the card’s co-main event, with the #2 Ronaldo Souza (-150) favored to beat the #5 Kelvin Gastelum (+130).

Over half of the scheduled UFC 224 matchups involve the betting favorite being found with a moneyline of -200 or larger, with the remaining six favorites falling at -155 or smaller. The tightest line on the card belongs to Cezar Ferreira vs. Karl Roberson, with Ferreira being had anywhere from -115 up to +110 and Roberson rocking a tag of -115.

Saturday’s UFC 224 main card will air live on Pay-Per-View at 10:00 P.M. EST with the prelims starting at 8:00 P.M. EST on FS1. The exclusive Fight Pass prelims will begin at 6:15 P.M. EST.

Check out the UFC 224 betting odds, courtesy of OddsShark.com:

There hasn’t been a ton of line movement just yet, but be sure to check back in with Bloody Elbow to catch the final betting odds on fight day, as the moneylines tend to shift a bit following the weigh-ins. All of your event coverage including play-by-play, results, highlights, and more can be found right here at BloodyElbow.com. Happy hunting!

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